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Sexually abused and seen as the lowest of the low: life as an 'untouchable' Dalit woman

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/25/asia/india-dalit-caste-women/index.html

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This Proposed Lego Set Honors Women In NASA

The Lego Ideas project already has thousands of supporters, including NASA itself.

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Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee

Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman to receive the presidential nomination from a major political party.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/us/politics/dnc-speakers-sanders-clinton.html

History has been made. Step away from your political parties and convictions to celebrate the history that has been made this week. A woman has been officially nominated as President of the United States of America.

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Afghanistan: Using technology to empower women

In a world of no boundaries, Roya Mahboob aims to bridge the gap between school-based education and real jobs.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2016/06/afghanistan-technology-empower-women-160627072231078.html

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Over 90 percent rape cases go unreported in Indonesia - poll

By Beh Lih Yi

JAKARTA, July 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 90 percent of rape cases in Indonesia go unreported, highlighting the country's "deafening silence" around sexual violence as victims fear being blamed, organisers of a recent poll on the issue said on Monday.

The survey was carried out after the gang-rape and murder of a schoolgirl sparked public outrage.

It was published last week, on the same day the government pledged to set up a centre to collect statistics on rape, seen by campaigners as an important step in helping prevent future sexual assaults.

Read full story at: http://news.trust.org/item/20160725143529-udc98/

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Hillary Clinton Calls Out Debate Moderators For Ignoring Women’s Health

“We’ve had eight debates before; this is our ninth. We’ve not had one question about a woman’s right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care — not one question,” Clinton said.  “And in the meantime we have states, governors doing everything they can to restrict women’s rights,” she added. “We have a presidential candidate by the name of Donald Trump saying that women should be punished. And we are never asked about this.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hillary-clinton-womens-health_us_57105ad1e4b0018f9cb9a380?utm_hp_ref=women-news

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Too few women at the top means we are all losing out

Research shows that female leaders are often brought in to clean up a mess and that countries with more women as ministers or MPs tend to have less inequality

ùhttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/19/too-few-women-at-top-female-leaders

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Justice For

Qandeel Baloch 

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#BLACKLIVESMATTER

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http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2015-angela-merkel/

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TIME Magazine: Merkel Becomes Fourth Woman Since 1927 to be Named Person of the Year

time.com/4141663/time-person-of-the-year-angela-merkel-fourth-woman/

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Sweden Gives 'We Should All Be Feminists' To Every 16-Year-Old Student

The Swedish Women's Lobby has distributed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's feminist manifesto, hoping to spark dialogue about feminism in one of the most gender-equal countries in the world.

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#primeiroassédio: how the harassment of a Brazilian child unified the country's women

After abusive tweets to 12-year-old TV show contestant, thousands of women and girls take to social media to share experiences of harassment and assault

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2015/nov/19/how-the-harassment-of-a-brazilian-child-unified-the-countrys-women

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'If miscarriage is so common, why does no one talk about it?' 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-running-blog/2015/nov/18/pregnancy-the-hardest-race-of-all-miscarriage-baby

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The Everyday Sexism Project

The Everyday Sexism Project exists to catalogue instances of sexism experienced by women on a day to day basis. They might be serious or minor, outrageously offensive or so niggling and normalised that you don’t even feel able to protest. Say as much or as little as you like, use your real name or a pseudonym – it’s up to you. By sharing your story you’re showing the world that sexism does exist, it is faced by women everyday and it is a valid problem to discuss.

http://everydaysexism.com/